Can a five month old baby sit?

When the baby is 5 months old, it is usually time to add complementary foods. In the process of adding complementary foods to the baby, parents must adhere to scientific principles. For example, they must follow the principle of gradual progress, add complementary foods from less to more, and make many nutritious foods into complementary foods for the baby. They must master the correct method of making complementary foods so that the baby can easily digest them. In addition, they must closely observe whether the baby's related functions are normal. Can a 5-month-old baby sit and stand?

Can a five month old baby sit?

Mothers who have taken care of babies know that there are many things to pay attention to after the baby is born, including care in daily life. A 5-month-old baby's physical development is still good. So, can the baby sit at 5 months old? Let’s learn about the baby’s developmental indicators at 5 months.

Can a 5 month old baby sit?

Boys: height 59.9-73.9cm; weight 5.66-11.15kg; head circumference 39.0-46.9cm.

Baby girl: height 58.6-72.1cm; weight 5.33-10.38kg; head circumference 38.1-45.7cm.

Note: The above data is compiled based on the Ministry of Health's "Reference Standards for Growth and Development of Children Under 7 Years Old in China".

Lower extremities: Your child can flex and straighten his legs voluntarily, and when he is placed on his feet to stay upright, he will push down and straighten his legs.

Small movements: Can use one hand to reach the toy he wants and can grab the toy, but the accuracy is not enough and he needs to repeat an action several times.

Big movement: Sit with your back straight. When I wake up, I always want to turn over. After a period of time, I can occasionally turn from lying on my back to lying on my side all at once.

Movement: When an adult helps the baby stand up, when the baby is lying prone on the bed, the baby wants to crawl forward, but he cannot raise his abdomen by stretching his hands, so crawling is limited to a certain extent. If he is placed on his back in bed, he can easily go into the prone position.

Vision: Can distinguish the voices of family members from those of strangers.

Hearing: Can distinguish the voices of family members from strangers.

Language: Can produce consonants.

Social: Can recognize familiar and unfamiliar adults; shows expectation, waves, raises arms to be held, and when being held, lies tightly on the person's body; can learn to be funny and make noises to interrupt adults' conversations; will stop crying when talking to him; resists people who want to take his toys away.

Cognition: Recognize people and objects, such as being able to recognize strangers and avoid them.

Independence: Repeating an action, such as often deliberately throwing things on the ground, picking them up and throwing them again. Use emoticons to express your thoughts.